Art Basel is back in Hong Kong—in real life—for the first time since 2019, and despite international economic turmoil, buyers came out in force to the Asian art capital. Although the fair saw a robust 86,000 visitors, the total was still down from 2019. The 177 exhibitors came from all over the world, and dealers reported swift sales at high price points, with the sweet spot falling in the $100,000 to $500,000 range.
Below is a list of works that sold at the fair, converted to USD for ease of reading. It bears repeating that these numbers are provided by the galleries themselves, so take it all with a grain of salt. (As always, we do not list sales without prices.)
PAINTINGS
Installation view, Hauser & Wirth at Art Basel Hong Kong 2023. Photo: JJYPHOTO.
$5.5 million: Pablo Picasso, (1964) at LGDR
$5 million: Kazuo Shiraga, (1991) at Fergus McCaffrey
$4.8 million: George Condo, (2011) at Hauser & Wirth
$3.5 million: Mark Bradford, (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$2.8 million: Nicolas Party, (2017) at LGDR
$2.2 million: Elizabeth Peyton, (2005) at David Zwirner
$1.5 million: Georg Baselitz, F (2021) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$1.5 million: Giorgio De Chirico, (1970) at Cardi Gallery
$1.3 million: A painting by Alex Katz at Gladstone Gallery
$1.2 million: A painting by Alex Katz at Gladstone Gallery
$1.1 million: Lee Ufan, (2014) at Mennour
$950,000 each: Three versions of Andy Warhol’s at LGDR
$975,000: Lee Ufan, (2014) at Pace Gallery
$975,000: Pat Steir, (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$820,000: Alex Katz, (1966) at Pace Gallery
$850,000: Elizabeth Peyton, (1995) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$850,000: Hilary Pecis, (2020) at LGDR
$764,000: Frank Bowling, (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$700,000: Ding Yi, (2012) at LGDR
$695,000: Ed Clark, (2006) at Hauser & Wirth
$650,000: Georges Mathieu, (1951-52) at LGDR
$525,000: Damien Hirst, (2016) at White Cube
$475,000: Salman Toor, (2017) at Luhring Augustine
$387,000: Yan Pei-Ming, (2022) at Massimo De Carlo
$380,000: Martha Jungwirth, (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$375,000: Salman Toor, (2017) at Luhring Augustine
$350,000: A large painting by Thomas Houseago at Xavier Hufkens
$350,000: Henry Taylor, (2021) at Hauser & Wirth
$350,000: Tom Sachs, (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$340,000: Zhang Enli, (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$325,000: Liu Wei, (2022) at Lehmann Maupin
$300,000: Joel Mesler, (2021) at LGDR
$280,000: Gary Simmons, (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$275,000: Nicole Eisenman, (2022) at Hauser & Wirth
$275,000: Loie Hollowell, (2023) at Pace Gallery
$225,000: Angel Otero, (2023) at Hauser & Wirth
$220,000: Josh Smith, (2022) at Massimo De Carlo
$220,000: Park Seo-Bo, (2022) at White Cube
$200,000: A painting by Rirkrit Tiravanija at Gladstone Gallery
$200,000: Julie Mehretu, (2018) at White Cube
$195,000: Martha Jungwirth, (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$190,000: Lee Bul, (2022) at Lehmann Maupin
$185,000: Robert Nava, (2022) at Pace Gallery
$185,000: Rachel Jones, (2022) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$162,000 combined: Chantal Joffe’s Alba (2019), Ishbel on Pink (2018) and Esme (2019) at Lehmann Maupin
$160,000 combined: Mandy El-Sayegh’s White Ground (Gulf, Zero) (2022) and Piece Painting (Ariel) (2022) at Lehmann Maupin
$160,000: Andy Warhol, (1982) at Cardi Gallery
$150,000: Loie Hollowell, (2014) at Pace Gallery
$150,000: A painting by Anicka Yi at Gladstone Gallery
$150,000: Stanley Whitney, (2003) at Galeria Cayon
$135,000 each: Adam Pendleton, (2022) and (2022) at David Kordansky Gallery
$110,000: A painting study by Alex Katz at Gladstone Gallery
$107,000: Andreas Eriksson, (2021) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$100,000: Minoru Nomata, (1992) at White Cube
$97,000: Pietro Roccasalva, (2022) at Massimo De Carlo
$95,000 each: Eight editions of Adam Pendleton, (2022) at David Kordansky Gallery
$92,000: Sarah Ball, (2022) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$92,000: Caroline Coon, (2008) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$80,000: Kathleen Jacobs, (2018) at Fergus McCaffrey
$75,000: Lee Kun-Yong, (2021) at Pace Gallery
$68,000: Wang Yuyang, , (2019) at Massimo De Carlo
$60,000: Mandy El-Sayegh, Piece Painting (Sotheby’s Richter I), (2023) at Thaddaeus Ropac
$50,000: Hulda Guzmán,, (2023) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$40,000: Waqas Khan, (2022) at Sabrina Amrani
$40,000: Tammi Gampbell, (2023) at Anat Ebgi
$40,000: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, (2023) at White Cube
$38,000: Waqas Khan, (2022) at Sabrina Amrani
$30,000: Davide Balliano, (2022) at Cardi Gallery
$26,000: Lu Song, (2023) at Massimo De Carlo
$26,000: Yang Bodu, (2023) at Massimo De Carlo
$18,000: Albano Hernandez, (2022) at Pi Artworks
$12,000: Davide Balliano, (2022) at Cardi Gallery
$12,000: Tammi Campbell, (2022) at Anat Ebgi
$11,500: Nova Jiang, (2022) at Union Pacific
$10,200: Nova Jiang, (2023)
$10,000 each: Tammi Campbell, (2023) and (2023) at Anat Ebgi
$2,500: Albano Hernandez, (2022) at Pi Artworks
SCULPTURES & INSTALLATIONS
Installation view of David Altmejd, The Vector (2022) at White Cube. Courtesy of White Cube.
$9 million: Beeple, (2023) at LGDR
$3.5 million: Yayoi Kusama, (2022) at Ota Fine Arts
$1.8 million: Roni Horn, (2012) at Hauser & Wirth
$900,000: Jordan Wolfson, (2016-22) at David Zwirner
$825,000: Kangkee, (2023) at Galerie du Monde
$750,000: Joel Shapiro, (1995) at Pace Gallery
$730,000: Anish Kapoor, (2018) at Mennour
$612,000: Antony Gormley, (2022) at Galleria Continua
$450,000: Paul McCarthy, (202–23) at Hauser & Wirth
$425,000: Nari Ward, (2022) at Lehmann Maupin
$365,000: Carlos Cruz-Diez, (2013) at Galería Cayón
$350,000 each: Three sculptures by Ugo Rondinone at Gladstone Gallery
$312,000: Mimmo Paladino, (2020) at Cardi Gallery
$270,000: Danh Vo, (2021) at Galerie Chantal Crousel
$250,000: Jeffrey Gibson, (2022) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$240,000: Stanislava Pinchuk,, (2022-2023) at Yavuz Gallery
$226,000: Allora & Calzadilla, (2021) at Galerie Chantal Crousel
$200,000: Nari Ward, (2023) at Galleria Continua
$188,000 each: Two sculptures by Phillippe Parreno at Gladstone Gallery
$185,000: Kiki Smith, (2004) at Pace Gallery
$135,000: David Altmejd, (2022) at White Cube
$125,000: Jeffrey Gibson, (2023) at Stephen Friedman Gallery
$125,000: Yoshitomo Nara, (2022) at Pace Gallery
$107,000: Alicja Kwade, (2022) at Mennour
$100,000: Yoshitomo Nara, (2022) at Pace Gallery
$56,000: Carlos Aires, (2023) at Sabrina Amrani
$54,000: Camille Henrot, (2017) at Mennour
$50,000 to $75,000 each: Five paintings by Cassi Nomada at Xavier Hufkens
$48,000: Christopher Wool, (1989) at Luhring Augustine
$25,000 each: Several sculptures by Rirkrit Tiravanija at Gladstone Gallery
$20,000: Laurent Martin “Lo,” (2022) at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
$5,000 each: Seven works by Terrance Musekiwa, “Vashandi Vehurumende (Government Workers) (2023) at Catinca Tabacaru
PRINTS, DRAWINGS, WORKS ON PAPER
Robert Mapplethorpe, George Bussey (1979). © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Courtesy of Thaddaeus Ropac.
$300,000: Christopher Wool, (2017) at Luhring Augustine
$90,000: Tom Friedman, (2022) at Lehmann Maupin
$80,000 to $100,000 each: Dinh Q. Lê, (2022) and Khmer Reamker #24, (2022) at 10 Chancery Lane Gallery
$75,000: A photograph by Robert Mapplethorpe at Gladstone Gallery
$38,000: Marlene Dumas, (1988) at Zeno X Gallery
$35,000 each: Three pieces of Gabriel Orozco’s , (2022) at Galerie Chantal Crousel
$17,000 each: Sanya Kantarovsky, (2022) at Luhring Augustine
$16,500: Robert Mapplethorpe, (1979) at Thaddaeus Ropac
